ARTICLES ABOUT STRIKE ACTION BY DATE - PAGE 3

Aug 7 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said workers in California, Nevada and Connecticut have begun strike action over labor contracts even as the company reached a tentative agreement covering nearly 22,000 workers in its South region. AT&T said on Tuesday it was unfortunate that local union leaders had called for the strike after the company had reached agreements with the Communications Workers of America CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in other regions.

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - The British government asked the High Court on Tuesday to block a border staff strike planned for the eve of the London Olympics which could bring delays and disruption as visitors pour into Britain for the Games. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, including passport officials, are poised to strike on Thursday and then will refuse to work any overtime from July 27 to Aug. 20 in a dispute over job cuts and pay. The threat of industrial action comes at a time of great strain for Britain's transport network and borders, with thousands of fans, athletes and media flocking to London for the Olympics which officially open on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Strikes by train drivers and passport officials threaten major disruptions to the London Olympics, prompting the government to warn unions on Thursday that they risked public anger if the industrial action went ahead. The Aslef rail union announced on Thursday that 450 of its members in central England would walk out between August 6 and 8 in a dispute over pensions, affecting passengers travelling from cities such as Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby to the capital.

LONDON (Reuters) - Passengers arriving for the London Olympic Games could face long queues at airports after a union representing passport officials said on Wednesday its members had voted to back a strike in a dispute over pay and job cuts. Airport passport desks around London have struggled to cope in recent months and some passengers have had to queue for several hours to get through immigration checks at Heathrow Airport because of the shortage of staff. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS)

SEOUL (Reuters) - Workers at South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co voted to stage their first strike in four years after annual wage talks collapsed over working conditions, a union spokesman said on Wednesday. The union plans to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday at the carmaker and will decide on any future action on Monday, the spokesman said. The union at affiliate Kia Motors also voted to strike and planned to join their Hyundai colleagues on Friday. Workers at General Motors' South Korean factories had already launched a partial strike on Tuesday.

May 12 (Reuters) - Bolivia's preparations for next month's South American World Cup qualifiers are in danger of being disrupted by a pay dispute, local media reported on Saturday. The players union FABOL has written to the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) threatening a strike by the national team, due to assemble on Tuesday, because of debts two first division clubs have with players. The letter signed by FABOL executive secretary Milton Melgar, a member of Bolivia's 1994 World Cup team, said: "...our country's players renounce collectively and unanimously to comply with the forthcoming call up for the national team due to face qualifying commitments for Brazil 2014.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Thousands of workers in Germany's engineering sector walked out on strike over a wage dispute on Wednesday, in what the powerful IG Metall trade union warned could be just the start of warning strikes that aim to drive forward wage negotiations. Around 30,000 workers in Germany's manufacturing sector downed tools until midday, affecting more than 100 companies, including German carmaker Daimler , after regional wage negotiations stalled in April. "Our patience is at an end, we want a 6.5 percent wage increase," Oliver Burkhard, a regional union leader, said in a statement.

Kane County officials and Teamsters negotiators are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator Wednesday to try to avert a strike by the 16th Judicial District's probation officers and youth home counselors. The meeting came after a request Monday by newly sworn Chief Judge Philip DiMarzio to the regional office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services in Hinsdale. DiMarzio asked the office to enter the labor talks between the county and Teamsters Local 330 in Elgin. DiMarzio took office Monday as the chief judge of the 16th Circuit, which includes Kane, Kendall and DeKalb Counties.

Dominick's Inc. attacked results of a contract vote by its unionized workers, alleging that the balloting was "a flawed vote taken under flawed conditions." On Sunday, Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union voted overwhelmingly to reject Dominick's contract offer, and authorized a strike at the 113 Chicago-area Dominick's stores. Dominick's, a subsidiary of California-based grocery giant Safeway Inc., complained Monday that some company employees reported witnessing, among other procedural irregularities, "non-English speaking and mentally challenged employees being intimidated, misled and given inaccurate statements about the company's final offer."